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It was so hot, the flowers pulled themselves up by their roots and crawled under the porch looking for shade...Get the creative juices flowing in your writer's workshop and, with the help of this unit, teach your students how to write an outrageously funny modern tall tale in which the enemy is WICKED WEATHER.

I am the queen of integrating several writing skills in one writing unit.After all, if you were to teach all the Common Core writing standards in isolation, you would need two school years instead of one! Therefore, not only does this unit instruct on how to write a tall tale, but it also teaches students how to:
1. follow a logical sequence of events in a story (CCSS W.4.3.a)
2. write a simile (L.4.5.a)
3. write a hyperbole
4. use a thesaurus to replace dull words with vivid synonyms (CCSS L.4.4.c)
5. replace "then" with other transition words (W.4.3.c)
6. use a distinct voice in their story
7. revise and edit (CCSS W.4.5)

I hope you and your students will have tons of fun with this unit. Not to mention, this unit will be a real life saver if you have to take a few days off from work. Your sub will appreciate the detailed lesson plans!

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* Suggested reading that goes along with this unit:
Any classic tall tale, for instance: "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind" from the book "American Tall Tales" by Mary Pope Osborne
"The Heat Wave" by Helen Ketten

* Both stories can be obtained from: 1. a library 2. Amazon. com ($0.01 for used copy) 3. Houghton Mifflin textbook: Reading. The first story can be found in Houghton Mifflin Expeditions (grade 5), the second story - in Houghton Mifflin Traditions (grade 4).

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